In the years before the coronavirus, some three million white-clad pilgrims from around the world flocked to Islam’s holiest sites to attend Hajj under the scorching sun of Saudi Arabia. With the pandemic making large gatherings impossible, only a few thousand pilgrims, Saudis, and foreign residents in the kingdom can …
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NEW YORK – While coronavirus deaths in the United States are rising rapidly, public health experts are seeing good news: The second wave of confirmed cases appears to be stabilizing. Scientists are in no way celebrating, noting that the trend is fueled by four large and affected locations: Arizona, California, …
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San Luis Obispo County health officials reported Thursday that two more county residents died from COVID-19, increasing the number of deaths across the county to 14. Health officials said both individuals were vulnerable to serious complications from COVID-19 because they were 80 years old, had underlying health problems, and lived …
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Humboldt County Joint Information Center Press Release: Three new cases of COVID-19 were reported today. The total number of county residents who confirmed contracting the virus is 231. Of these three cases, two people contracted the virus through contact with a known case, and the means of transmission for the …
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The signs at a protest outside the Humboldt County Courthouse in early May argued against complying with government orders and expressed hostility towards the head of the Department of Public Health. [Crop of a photo by Mark McKenna] . The strain of COVID-19 infection that ultimately killed four Alder Bay …
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